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Readers are Leaders – PHE America

I am not sure where I first heard the phrase “readers are leaders” but it is something that has stuck with me throughout my entire life. I am now in my second year of retirement from teaching and coaching after 37 years of doing both. As I have thought about what to do in my retirement, one thing that keeps coming back into my mind is the need to read some great books. I have always believed that reading can help you become the best version of yourself for others. When you are busy with coaching and teaching, like I…
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Manitoba will lift most mask rules in health-care facilities

Manitoba Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week. Masks will still be required in areas with vulnerable groups like cancer, transplant patients: Shared Health The Canadian Press · Posted: May 03, 2023 3:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 3 Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week, but some individual health-care clinics may still require people to wear masks indoors, Shared Health says. (Radio-Canada) Most of the masking requirements for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next…
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Here’s what’s in the bill that spurred the latest Republican walkout from the Oregon Senate

Republicans walked out of the Oregon Senate this week in large part to avoid a vote on a reproductive health care bill that passed the House on Monday. The bill passed despite delay tactics in the House and 6 hours of floor debate. OPB covered that debate and the contents of the bill on Tuesday, publishing a story shortly before the walkout commenced. Below is the short version of that story — just four main things to know about the bill that caused Republican state senators to walk out of the statehouse again. State senate in session at the Oregon…
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Masking requirements set to lift in most Manitoba health-care settings – Winnipeg

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 3, 2023 3:49 pm Updated May 3, 2023 6:51 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Most of the masking requirements implemented at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week. Shared Health, which co-ordinates many health services in the province, says the change will apply to most visitors and patients who are going into acute and long-term care settings. Monika Warren, the chief operating officer of provincially coordinated health services at Shared Health, says the changes in masking requirements…
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Britain’s NHS has never seen industrial action on this scale

OnMay 2nd health-care trade unions in England finally signed off on a government pay deal. More than 1m workers in the National Health Service (NHS) will receive pay increases of 5% this year—with an additional one-off bonus added on for the previous year. But hopes for an end to the industrial action that has convulsed the health service in the past six months may be dashed. Two of the 14 unions to vote on the deal are still holding out for something better. The settlement does not include NHS doctors. Whatever happens, the strikes have caused over half a million…
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Manitoba health minister says she hasn’t read report that says many health-care staff have considered quitting

Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon says her department wasn’t aware of a year-old report making more than 30 recommendations to improve the well-being of the province’s health-care workers — and she herself has yet to read it. The report called for numerous actions after finding more health-care workers in Manitoba who are dealing with burnout and thinking of changing jobs than elsewhere in Canada. Gordon said the report, prepared by consulting firm Deloitte, wasn’t commissioned by the provincial Progressive Conservative government, but rather Shared Health, the provincial organization that co-ordinates health-care service delivery and planning across Manitoba. The report in…
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